| Show ODONNELL How the Filipino Town Was Taken By Americans LED BY NATIVE OFFICER OFFICERS S WAS A AND HAD SUE SUI 5 Insurgents Dragged From Prom Under Tinder Beds While the Frightened Wom Worn Women en l 0 Fell On Their Knees and Beg Begged Begged ged god to Be Spared Prisoners Well Fed Pod and Then Released Correspondence of the Associated Press Bam ban Luzon Nov 26 In the advance from Angeles to by OUT our soldiers during the test last two weeks the t taking of the town of ODonnell by Colonel Burts Burta United States regular infantry is worthy of ot more than Chan passing mention ODonnell ue lie lies some seine six m es northwest t of Bam Barn ban and an off tile the railroad from Manila to Our main advance missed ODonnell on Oft its Us way wey north The was stationed at Bamba having arrived there after R a hard march from front down the track They had missed mi ed the t fighting and excitement On Nov 17 a Filipino officer came to tottie tile the outposts outpost t of 0 the and throwing Ms lIlis captains shoulder straps on the tOO ground said impressively I r dont onU want any an more snore He was taken to Colonel Burt well wen treated and well fed It soon BOOn was teemed learned that this man bad had several followers out in the bush also anxious to surrender and ind only Oldy awaiting news of their leaders recep tion don at our hands before belore venturing in themselves elves Go and fetch them said Colonel Burt Well give each men man 35 5 wo wio turns turn In a rifle These The men came rne and andt their eyes stuck out with wonder lOnd at their good fortune when Wisest the colonel coIo counted out thirty Mexican dollars for each good rifle our sur surrendered rendered Offered to Lead Head Americans Over here about six miles is ODon ODonnell ODonnell nell Ailed with soldiers and arms arm said eaid the Filipino captain and if you want to send tend men to surprise and cap capture capture capture ture Otto town IM I lead lend them This was Just what 11 the wanted to do Preparations were made at once and on the evening of the at 7 companies B K and E un under under der dec command of Captain Leon Loon r started for ODonnell under the guid guidance g Id IdaILe ance aime of f the Filipino captain In order to surprise surmise the garrison on the Americans went round about and over the foot foothills hills bills of the mountains At 4 in the morning the command sighted a Fili Fill Filipino Filipino pino pine outpost on top of a hIM hili It 11 deserted de The column started strain again The next Filipino outpost was at a palm paim lent leaf shack aback at the edge of the road Lieuten Lieutenant Lieutenant ant Bates surrounded the house with witha a detail of company K Inside men could be seen We baye the town surrounded said saMl Lieutenant Beta Bates Bat in Spanish speaking into a back window two feet from irom Ms his head If Ii you surrender quickly we wont hurt you If you yen 00 give five an alarm we will kit kiM you Glad to Surrender v This was too tempting a a proposition even to consider cou Out of the dark win windows wind dews dows d ws the 1 Insurgents passed three rifles nibs and three bags hap of or cartridges CD and even evena a bawl bowl of rice Then three abject and frightened came out to the Americans American with humble protestations of o tr I At this moment the yellow barking Marking howling bowling curs CUTS that infest t every village on the island gave the tae alarm There Therean was mis an immediate move toward the town and a few scattered shuts shote were fired as our oiw troops entered We were in the town now and the colored sol soldiers so diers showed snowed a grim and aDd great eat earnest earnestness ness aces in their work of at gathering in pris prisoners prisoners rifles and ami bolos boles Strom black blacic arms caught fleeing insurgents upon the streets and hauled them from under beds and hoS houses S Native women screamed in alarm and on their knees offered money and nd food to our Ameri Amen American AmerIcan can troops Made de a Big Haul At 6 in the morning the com oom comman man rand started to lie return bringing with it the prisoners some 25 rifles and ansi nearly rounds of ammunition loaded on bull carts procured in the thet town t wn That same ame afternoon company comp ny E K of the returned to ODonnell to gather In more rifles and they destroyed de troyed curtain certain c insurgent sup supplies supplies supplies plies and an outfit for the reloading ot of rifle cartridges The prisoners were fed and then released |
